Election Preview 2006: What's Changed, What Hasn't, and Why (PDF)
What can voters expect when they go to the polls on November 7? A new report from electionline.org looks at issues voters may encounter in the areas of voting technology, voter identification requirements, voter registration databases, and third-party voter registration. The report highlights a number of "states to watch," including Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
Read the report here.
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Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford Law School
Karlan examines the causes and consequences of the apparent turn of public opinion against felon disenfranchisement laws and its implications for future litigation
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Benjamin Highton (University of California, Davis), PS: Political Science & Politics
Using precint-level data from Franklin County, Ohio, Highton finds a causal link between voting machine scarcity and lower voter turnout. He notes, however, that much of the association between machine availability and voter turnout is caused by factors other than machine availability.
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Timothy Vercellotti and David Anderson, Rutgers University
This paper, presented at the 2006 meeting of the American Political Science Association, explores ways in which voter turnout is negatively affected by different voter identification rules ranging from simply requiring voters to state their names to mandating that they present photo identification.
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Christopher Patusky, Allison Brummel, and Timothy Schmidt, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania
Using data from a national voter complaint hotline from 2006, the authors examine particularly problematic aspects of election administration in the United States.
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Q2 Data and Research LLC
This report, commissioned by the EAC, examines the electronic transmission practices implemented by four states--Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, and Montana--and addresses the various challenges such procedures present.
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Election Law @ Moritz, run through Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, contains both explanation and commentary on a wealth of election reform issues from a legal perspective.
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Electionline.org provides daily news updates on election reform issues, as well as deeper analysis of selected topics, including recent reports on voter registration, recount procedures, and the progress in implementing the Help America Vote Act since 2002.
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